A review by pavlo_illiashenko
The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Here is a brief summary of what the book is and what it is not:

• not a page-turner
• not particularly educational about the Finish society
• not a suspenseful crime/mystery/thriller
• is not scary (you feel that everything will be alright)
• is not complex and is not philosophical
• is definitely original and unusual
• is funny (dry, deadpan humor, see a few quotes below)
• is a light read (killing a person with the ear of a plastic rabbit is rather lighthearted)
• is reasonably entertaining (you want to know what happens next)
• is an easy introduction to money laundering 
• is a good setup for the rest of the trilogy 

Here is what to expect about the humor:

• "Then I began attending to the broken rabbit. I can’t understand how anyone managed to make its right ear fall off. The ear starts growing at a height of two and a half metres. The average height of our clients is around one metre, twenty centimetres, and the median is lower still".
• "On top of this, he had already been married and divorced twice, which to my mind demonstrated a weak, unpromising grasp of the notion of cause and effect. A junior mathematician ought to know better".
• "At some point I’d switched on Juhani’s computer, but without the password I hadn’t got very far".
• "Our childhood was chaotic. Our parents took turns losing their grip on various aspects of everyday life".
• "It turns out customer service is very difficult. And it’s because of the customers".